Game-piece.



N0. 7|5,795. Patented Dec. I6, I902.

H.-L. HASKELL. GAME PIECE.

{Application filed Dec. 29, 1900.)

(No Model.)

WitQQSSQSI I l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY. L. HASKELL, OF LUDINGTON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO- LUDINGTONNOVELTY COMPANY, OF LUDINGTON, MICHIGAN.

GAM E-PIEC E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 71 5,795, datedDecember 16, 1 902. Application filed December 29, 1900. Serial No.41,484. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY L. HASKELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Ludington, in the county of Mason and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGame-Pieces, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in game-pieces used in playingthe game which I call caroms, the essential features of which appear inmy Patent No. 602,179, issued April 12, 1898.

It has been found that rings made of wood or similar material, such asrubber or hard fiber, possess greater resiliency than the solid disks,and as it is desirable to preserve the flat surface for the purpose ofreceiving numbers, characters, or other marks which it is founddesirable to employ on the said gamepieces and to give the saidgame-pieces a finished appearance I have devised an improved game-piecewhich. secures all the advantages of a ring and which hasa more finishedappearance than the disk, is much lighter, and is capable of receivingthe markings desired and at the same time is exceedingly cheap and easyto manufacture.

The objects of my invention appear largely from the above statements andwill appear more specifically from the detailed description to follow.

I'accomplish the objects of my invention by the devices and meansdescribed in specification. v

The invention is clearly defined, and pointed out in the claim.

A structure embodying the features of my invention is clearlyillustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, in which Figure l is a perspective view of a completegame-piece. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the ring or body portion ofsuch game-piece with its disk removed. Fig. 3 is a transverse thissectional view of the structure appearing in Fig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5 aretransverse sectional views of modifications of the structure of Fig. 3.v

In the drawings similarletters of reference refer to similar partsthroughout the several views.

Referring to the lettered parts of the drawings, Ais airing constitutingthe body portion of the game-piece, which is bored out at E. Shouldersare formed, as at O. A disk B, of celluloid, cardboard, or othersuitable material, is inserted into the ring against the shoulder C. Theadjacent wood is then crimped down, as at B, (see Figs. 1 and 3,) andretains the disk securely in position. This result could beaccomplished, though not in such a satisfactory and expeditious manner,by cutting a slight groove 1) and crowding the disk B up until itengages the same, as appears in Fig. 4.

The disk (indicated by the reference-letter B in Fig. 5) could beretained in the boreE by making it a very tight fit, so that the edgesof the same would be somewhat crimped. This is satisfactorily done wherethe disk is of pasteboard, as it crimps very readily for the purpose. Ihave thus indicated how this device may be modified.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a game-piece the combination of the ring A of wood or suitablematerial provided with an internal shoulder; a disk B fitted against theshoulder and retained in position by crimping the wood down to overlapits edges.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presenceof two witnesses.

HENRY L. HASKELL. [L. s.] Witnesses:

D. W. TANNER, H. O. HUTTON.

